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Patent No.:

US 10408217 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2016

Controlling a compressor of a gas turbine engine

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Curtis William Moeckel, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);

Peter John Wood, Loveland, OH (US);

Eric Andrew Falk, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:

General Electric Company

William Scott Andes

Primary Examiner:

Richard A Edgar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/56 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F02C 9/20 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/002 (2013.01); F02C 9/20 (2013.01); F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 27/0246 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/3219 (2013.01); F05D 2270/1024 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3015 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method of controlling a multi-stage compressor of a gas turbine engine having a front-block of stages with variable stator vanes (VSVs), a rear block of stages downstream of the front-block, and a bleed air off-take from at least one of the stages. The method includes sensing the pressure of the bleed air from the bleed air off-take and adjusting the position of the VSV for the front-block.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Moeckel, Curtis. (2019). Controlling a compressor of a gas turbine engine (U.S. Patent No. 10408217). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10408217

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